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F. C. GEILER TRAY FOR REFRIGERATING UNITS Re. 18,650 2 Sheets-Sheet- .1

Nov. 8, 1932.

r Original Filed May 26. 1926 /.l. I q' v Qf I map-" 1 Reissued Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED sTA Es PATENT ore-Ice iREDER-IGK C. GEILER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

FBIGIDAIBE CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE TRAY FOR Rnrmenmrmo Um'rs Original No. 1,780,422, dated November 4, 1980, Serial 170. 111,874, fled'i lay 26, 1926. Application for reissue filed July 29, 1932. Serial No. 826,164. 1

invention relates to trays for refrig crating units.

Refrigerating units are provided with a freezing chamber or compartment adapted to receive trays.

The object of the present invention 1s to provide such a tray with removable members whereby water, sherbet or orangeade, lemonade or the like may be frozen in the form of shells, the cavity of which may be utilized to contain fruit, ice cream, custard, etc., ac-

' cording to whatever combination may be desirable to provide a palatable as 'well as an at- 'der of the blocks in the container.

tractive article of food. I

It is a further object of the invention to provide a tray which may beutilized for freezin blocks of ice ofditferent sizes.

Anot er objectof the'invention is to provide a container for freezing" a number of blocks of ice of a size suitable for table use, arran ed insuch a manner that asmall number of the blocks in the container may easily be removed without disturbing the remain- In the accompanying drawings: Fig.1 is a plan view of my improved tray; Fi 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and l king in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction. of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a perspective of one of the removable sections of my tray; v 1 p Fig. 5 is a plan view of the drawer section ofmy tray showing removable partltions 1n Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 7 is a section taken on the lme 7--7 of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and v I Fig. 8 is a perspective .view of one of the removable partitions. v

, In the drawings'the tray pro er is made of metal and is in the formof a rawer havin a bottom 1, side wallsQ, rear end; wall 3 an front wall 4 provided'with a handle 5 to facili-- tate the removal of the drawer from the cool- I and the partitions.

. suitable manner. of joining, the partitions to the tray being within the spirit of the inventlon.

In Fig. 8 is shown one of the removable supr plemental partitions 9 adapted to be ositloned in one of the compartments 8 o the tray proper and subdivide such compartment into a plurality of smaller compartments 10 as shown in Figs.- 5 and 6. In these compartments smaller blocks of icemay be frozen.

In order. to' freeze the liquid placed in the compartments 8, into a plurality of blocks with cavities in the upper surface to receive a suitable article offood the partitions 9 are 1 first positioned in the several compartments and supported by these partitions are removable sections each havin a top platev 11 and a plurality of cups 12, t e outer surfaces of the latter forming the cavities in the blocks frozen in the compartments 10, the inside of the cups serving as an easy means of inserting and removing said removable sections. These removable sections must be of suflicient' weight to rest on the partitions and are pref .erably made of cast metal, the under surface of the platellbeing'provided with lugs 13 to position it in removable interlocking engagement-on the partitions 7 and 9.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a tray with removable sections which may be utilized to :Ereeze any desired liquid into blocks with a cavity in the upper surface adapted to receive fruit or any'desired article of food, thereby producing palatable as well as attractive-food. It will also be understood that the tray may be utilized to freeze difl'erout size blocks of ice for other purposes, as

desired.

For example by removing the cup sections 11 and the grids 9, relatively large blocks of 5 ice may be frozen or the compartments 8 may be used to congeal various sorts of frozen desserts, To this end the compartments 8 are made of a convenient size and shape for freezing or congealing desserts in individual por- 10 tions,

Likewise by removing the cup sections 11 and using the grids 9, the tray will freeze cubes of ice of a suitable size for table use. These cubes may be removed from the tray by inverting the tray and pouring warm water over the bottom in the customary manner. The partitions 7 facilitate the removal of a portion of the blocks without disturbing the remainder of the blocks in the tray, since they are in intimate contact with the bottom and walls of the tray and thus form heat conducting fins between groups of blocks. Thus by inverting the tray and running relatively warm water over one end only the group of blocks contained within the compartment at that end will be readily dislodged, due to. the heat conducted through one of the partitions 7 while the remaining blocks need not be disturbed.

It will be understood that I desire to comprchend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varyin conditions and uses.

i laving thus fully described my invention,

' What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-making receptacle for domestic mechanical refrigerators comprising in combination, a thermally conducting container for liquid to be frozen, removable means for subdividing the container into a plurality of cellseach adapted to freeze a. block of ice suitable for table use, means for facilitating the removable of a number of said blocks without disturbing the remainder of said blocks, said last mentioned means comprising a thermally conducting fin dividing the blocks into groups, said fin being permanently secured to the container in intimate thermal contact with the walls of the container. v

2. An ice-making receptacle for domestic mechanical refrigerators comprising in combination, a flat bottomed container fol liquid to be frozen adaptedto be placed in intimate contact with a cooling element, partition means dividing the container into a plurality ofcompartments, said partition means being removable from said container, and means bination, a flat bottomed container for-liquiddurin {injecting into theindividual compartments I for holding liquid therein in flat bottomed to be frozen adapted to be laced in intimate contact with a cooling e ement, partition means dividing the container into a plurality of compartments, said partition means being removable from said container, means associated with the top of the container including a plurality of cups projecting downwardly into the individual compartments for holding liquid therein in fiat bottomed cupshaped masses during freezing.

4.. An ice-making receptacle for domestic mechanical refrigerators comprising in combination, a flat bottomed container for liquid to be frozen, adapted to be placed in intimate contact with a cooling element, partition means dividing the container into a plurality of compartments and removable means sup.- ported on the partitionmeans and including a plurality of cups projecting into the individual compartments for holding liquid therein in flat bottomed cup-shapedmasses freezing.

5. n ice+making receptacle for domestic mechanical refrigerators comprisin in combination, a flat bottomed container or liquid to be frozen adapted to be placed in intimate contact with a cooling element, partition means dividing the container into a plurality of compartments, said partition means being removable from said container, :1 cover for the container, and a plurality of cups on said cover, the cups being spaced to project into thev individual compartments to hold liquid therein in flat bottomed cup-shaped masses during freezing.

'6. In combmation, a thermally conducting tray-adapted to be placed in, intimate thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adapted to contain a sub stance to be con ealed or frozen, a unitary grid includin xed intersecting walls of thermally con ucting material for dividing the interior of said tray into a plurality of compartments, said grid being removable from said tray, and thermall conducting means in detachable interloc ing engagement with said grid and extending into said compartments.

7;. In combmation, a tray adapted to be placed in thermal contact with acooling element of a mechanical refrigerating system and forming a compartment adapted to' contain a substance to be congealed or frozen, a grid including intersecting walls for dividing the interior of saidcompartment into a plurality of molds, said grid being removable from said compartment, a cover for said plurality of molds, and means extending into said moldsfrom said cover for modifying the interior design of said plurality of molds.

8. In combination, a tray member adapted to be placed in thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adaptedto contain a substance torbe congealed or frozen, a grid member including intersecting walls of thermal conducting material for dividing the interior of the tray member into a plurality of compartments, said grid member being removable from said, tray member, and thermal conducting means in detachable interlocking engagement with one of said members and extending into said compartments for altering the configuration of the interioroof the compartments.

, 9. In combination, a tra adapted to be placed in thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adaptedoto con tain a substance to'be congealed-or frozen, a grid including intersecting walls of thermalconducting material for dividing the interior of the tray into a plurality of compartments, said grid being removable from said tray, and thermal conducting means in detachable interlocking engagement with said grid and extending into said compartments for altering the configuration of the interior of the compartments.

10. In combination, a tray member adapted to be placed in thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adapted to contain a substance to be congealed or frozen, a unitary grid member ineluding fixed intersecting walls for dividing the interior of the tray into a plurality of compartments, said grid member beingremovable from saidtray member, and means in detachable interlocking engagement with one of said members and extending into said compartments for altering the configuration of the interior of the compartments.

11. In combination, a tray adapted to be placed in thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adapted to contain a substance to. be congealed or frozen, a unitary grid including fixed intersecting walls for dividing the interior of the tray into a plurality ofcompartments, said grid being removable from said tray, and means in detachable interlocking engage ment with said grid and extending into said compartments for altering the configuration of the interior of the compartments.

placed in thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refri crating system and adapted to contain a su stance, to be congealed or frozen,

means formed integral with said tray for dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of open-top chambers, a grid including intersectlng walls for dividing the interior of one of said chambers into a plurality of compartments, said grid being removable from eluding intersecting walls in each of said compartments for dividing the com artlnents into a plurality of molds, each o said gridsbeing removable from said compartments, a cover for each of said compartments and the plurality of molds formed therein, and means extendin from said covers into said molds for modi yin the interior design of said plurality of mol In testimony whereof I hereto afiix my signature. v

\ liR-EDERICK C. GEILER.

12. In combination, a tray member adapted to be placedin thermal contact with a cooling unit of a refrigerating system and adapted to contain a substance to be congealed or frozen, means formed integral with said tray member for dividing the interior thereof into a plurality oi open-top chambers, a grid member including intersecting I walls for dividing the interior of-one of said chambers into a plurality of compartments,

said grid member being removable from said tray member, andmeans in detachable inter locking engagement with one of said members and extending into said compartments for altering the configuration of the interior of the compartments. e.

13. In combination, a tray adapted to be 

